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Definition: Capable |
CapableAdjective1. (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability; "capable of winning"; "capable of hard work"; "capable of walking on two feet". 2. (`capable' is usually followed by `of' or `to') possibly accepting or permitting; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation". 3. (followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for; "no one believed her capable of murder". 4. Having the requisite qualities for; "equal to the task"; "the work isn't up to the standard I require". 5. Have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "capable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Capable \Ca"pa*ble\, adjective. [French expression capable, Late Latin expression capabilis capacious, capable, from the Latin expression caper to take, contain. See Heave.]. (references) |
Synonyms: CapableSynonyms: able (adj), adequate to(p) (adj), equal to(p) (adj), open to(p) (adj), subject to(p) (adj), up to(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: incapable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Confutation | Adjective: confuting, confuted; Verb: capable of refutation; refutable, confutable, defeasible. |
Manifestation | Manifested; Verb: disclosed; capable of being shown, producible; inconcealable, unconcealable; no secret. |
Power | Adjective: powerful, puissant; potential; capable, able; equal to, up to; cogent, valid; efficient, productive; effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent; multipotent, plenipotent, omnipotent; almighty. |
Skill | Experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed; up in, well up in; in practice, in proper cue; competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Capable |
| Etymologies containing "capable": Woundable. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Capable" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (able, capable, competent, fit). |
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Screenplays | A little child she was, but also a fierce killer, now capable of the ruthless pursuit of blood with all a child's demanding (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) You're an interesting species, an interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams and such horrible nightmares (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) Excuse me, excuse me. I don't mean to harass you, but I was very impressed with the capable and stylish manner in which you dealt with that situation (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge) My dear General, having donated half of my physical being to create a weapon capable of doing this, how did you and General Lee repay my loyalty (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas) The way I see it; your show is capable of so much more (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers) | |
Lyrics | Please don't hint that you're capable of lies (First Date; performing artist: Blink-182) I wouldn't know just how capable I am to pull through (Fighter; performing artist: CHRISTINA AGUILERA) Unfadable, capable to save your hoe (That's What I'm Looking For; performing artist: Da Brat) But that's what this life is capable of (Down Ass Bitch; performing artist: Ja Rule) | |
Clever | Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Capable Lady Cook (1916) | |
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 | The crevasses were capable of swallowing the tractors. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Figure 49. An Ekman bottom sampler for use in zoological sampling operations. This instrument was capable of acquiring a sample from a surface area covering 500 sq cm. This device was designed by Dr. Sven Ekman of Jonkoping, Sweden in 1910. This sampler was spring-loaded and snapped shut to acquire mud and silt. Although tested in a lake, it was equally useful in the sea. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 36. Cros messenger. These messengers were fabricated by the mechanic Jean Cros of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco at the request of Dr. Jean Brouardel. The messengers were very narrow and streamlined and capable of being used with modern equipment. They were probably tested about 1958 aboard the WINNARETTA SINGER. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Coconut crab climbing tree. Crab carapace is about 6" in diameter. With claws, crab is about a foot in diameter. Claws are capable of opening coconuts. Edible by humans. Credit: Small World. |
 | Wanted! Loving family with cozy corral. Clean environment requested. Will relocate. Capable of carring own baggage long distances. Good listener. Meet me, or my brother, at the next wild horse and burro adoption. Credit: Unknown. |  | Epidemics. : Angel telling Charlemagne of plant capable of stopping the plague. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Are towed from the Nation's largest drydock, at San Francisco Naval Shipyard, while being prepared for inactivation and addition to the Pacific Reserve Fleet. "Constructed during the war, the 1100-foot drydock is capable of handling the largest ships afloat. Besides handling these two cruisers at one time, the huge dock has accomodated four attack transports in one operation. World's largest crane at right." Quoted passage is from the original caption, released with this photograph under date of 13 February 1948. Note many other laid-up ships in the area. Among them, at right, are USS Rockwall (APA-230) and USS Bottineau (APA-235). Credit: NAVY. |  | "West Coast Cruisers Capable of Nuclear Assault -- A Regulus I boils white smoke from booster charges as it roars away from its launcher aboard the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles off San Diego. The launch, a routine evaluation 'shoot', was conducted during the time that 600 members of the Institute of Aeronautical Science were embarked aboard the attack carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14), right. The demonstration, which included a 'Terrier' guided missile interception of the Regulus, power exhibition, carrier operations, and a HUK exercise, was highlighted by the Regulus launching. The Terrier was fired at the Regulus from the USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), background, on August 7." Text quoted from the original photo caption, which was released by Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, on 9 August 1957. Credit: NAVY. |
 | He possessed a capable substitute in the steamer's big bell. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fort Knox, Kentucky. Armored force personnel. "Tankers," as crewmen of the tank corps are called. These capable soldiers are just finishing advanced courses in armored force operations at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Gabriel Riqueti Mirabeau | None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness. |
Henry Fielding | Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. |
John Ruskin | To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. |
Joseph Addison | Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. |
Joseph Joubert | Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of. |
Plato | I have hardly ever known a mathamatician who was capable of reasoning. |
Thomas Carlyle | Let each become all that he was created capable of being. |
| The great law of culture: let each become all that he was created capable of being. | |
Virgil | We are not all capable of everything. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | But the state of mankind is not so miserable that they are not capable of using this remedy, till it be too late to look for any. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rent, into a social power capable of being monopolised, i.e., from the moment when individual property can no longer be transformed into bourgeois property, into capital, from that moment, you say individuality vanishes. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | When the judgment has been given between Alsace-Lorrainers and Germans or between Alsace-Lorrainers and subjects of the allies of Germany, it shall only be capable of execution after the issue of an exequatur by the corresponding new tribunal in the restored territory referred to in Article 51. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | They must not do less than others, or she should be exposed to odious suspicions, and imagined capable of pitiful resentment |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Only, as animals are but shadows, God has not made them capable of education in the complete sense of the word |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | His childhood was dead or lost and with it his soul capable of simple joys, and he was drifting amid life like the barren shell of the moon |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The town is capable of holding five hundred thousand souls |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | He was a man of manners, like one who had seen the world, and was capable of more civil speech than you could well attend to. |
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Health | Any substance capable of triggering an immune response is known as an antigen. (references) | |
Malignant tumors are tumors that are capable of spreading by invasion and metastasis. (references) | ||
Additional laboratories capable of performing genotype analysis will need to be developed. (references) | ||
Business | Samarkand DTS is the second only station capable of providing isdn service. (references) | |
The equipment and systems installed must be capable of serving these large areas. (references) | ||
For the companies new to the market, finding capable agents or distributors is a good way to enter this market. (references) | ||
Children | United Kingdom | Various laws covering England and Wales stipulate that children have the right to apply for court orders, to give or withhold consent for medical treatment (for those capable of making an informed decision), to make complaints to the relevant local authority, to have their ethnic, linguistic, and religious background considered in decisions affecting them, to have reasonable contact with their families (usually applied in a circumstance where there was abuse), and in general to be consulted regarding their desires. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Liberia | Management of the one printing facility capable of producing newspapers is subject to pressure from the Government. (references) |
Romania | Romanian State Television (RTV), Radio Romania, and the Europa FM radio network remained the only national broadcasters capable of reaching the bulk of the rural population at year's end. (references) | |
Economic History | Croatia | Reliable and capable representatives can be found. (references) |
Botswana | The BDF is a capable and well-disciplined military force. (references) | |
Haiti | Several radio stations are capable of nationwide broadcasting. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brazil | The right to a fair public trial as provided by law generally is respected in practice, although in some areas, particularly rural areas, the judiciary generally is less capable and more subject to influence. (references) |
Cuba | While less capable than in the past, CDR's continued to report on suspicious activity, including conspicuous consumption; unauthorized meetings, including those with foreigners; and defiant attitudes toward the Government and the revolution. (references) | |
Mexico | In an interview with the newspaper La Jornada published in July 2000, CNDH president Jose Luis Soberanes responded that his agency was capable of dealing with complaints of violations by the military, and he also called for a restructuring of the military. (references) | |
Political Economy | INDIA | India's Patent Act prohibits patents for any invention intended for use or capable of being used as a food, medicine, or drug or relating to substances prepared or produced by chemical processes. (references) |
Brazil | The judiciary is, in many instances, unable to ensure the right to a fair and speedy trial, particularly in rural areas, where the judiciary is less capable and more subject to influence or intimidation by local landowners. (references) | |
Political Rights | Azerbaijan | This provision appeared to be targeted at "For the Sake of Civil Society," which was supported by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and was the only NGO capable of mounting a nation-wide monitoring effort. (references) |
Trade | Brazil | The Bank is capable of financing all creditworthy projects that request its support. (references) |
Ukraine | Supplementary expert examination is carried out when there are circumstances affecting or capable of affecting preliminary or basic expert findings. (references) | |
Armenia | Only HSBC, Agrobank, and ArExim Bank offer ATM machines, and no widespread infrastructure exists in the country capable of accepting payments by credit card. (references) | |
Travel | Qatar | Port Facilities: Qatar is currently serviced by two ports capable of handling cargo. (references) |
Philippines | The Filipino approach to the problem is to use staff capable of moving through the bureaucracy. (references) | |
Qatar | Doha International Airport is used by 20 international passenger airlines and is capable of handling large amounts of airfreight. (references) | |
Women | Nicaragua | More than 92 percent of women capable of employment have some type of job. (references) |
Oman | Female employees in the Government have sought administrative redress for alleged denial of promotion in favor of less capable men. (references) | |
Nicaragua | When comparing these figures with those of a 2000 U.N. Development Program (UNDP) report, the total number of women employed represents a large majority of women who are capable of working. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | The first provision disadvantages smaller unions, which may not have enough officers capable of bargaining. (references) |
Pakistan | During the year, 30 new rehabilitation centers, capable of serving 950 children, were added to the existing 153 rehabilitation centers. (references) | |
Angola | In practice neither the Labor Code nor the judicial system are capable of defending these rights, and the Government has been unwilling to enforce them. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MONAD, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. (See Molecule.) According to Leibnitz, as nearly as he seems willing to be understood, the monad has body without bulk, and mind without manifestation -- Leibnitz knows him by the innate power of considering. He has founded upon him a theory of the universe, which the creature bears without resentment, for the monad is a gentlmean. Small as he is, the monad contains all the powers and possibilities needful to his evolution into a German philosopher of the first class -- altogether a very capable little fellow. He is not to be confounded with the microbe, or bacillus; by its inability to discern him, a good microscope shows him to be of an entirely distinct species. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
John McCain | Sure. There's always that possibility, but I believe that there are very capable professionals in the Justice Department, and I think that the attorney general made the right decision turning this situation over to them. |
Lisa French | We would consider it. I don't feel that my husband and I are capable of giving them the kind of help that they need at this point in their life. They need some serious help and they need to be put in a place where they can get that help. |
Representative John Kasich | Well, I don't know, Bob. But as I told a Bush adviser yesterday, if the Republican Party is not capable of selling tax cuts, then we've got to take another look at the Republican Party. We can do it. |
Trent Lott | I am pleasantly surprised. I knew that our military men and women were very capable. I had confidence in the President and his advisers, and Secretary Rumsfeld to develop a plan, and his uniformed military personnel to develop a plan. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Of republics there is an inexhaustible variety, because the possible combinations of the powers of society are capable of innumerable variations. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | To give to this great mass of physical and moral force the efficiency which it merits, and is capable of receiving, it is indispensable that they should be instructed and practiced in the rules by which they are to be governed. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | In addition, jet bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, are now being uncrated and assembled in Cuba, while the necessary air bases are being prepared. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | If ever there was a nation that was capable of solving its problems, it is this Nation. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Our Armed Forces are capable of carrying out the variety of missions assigned to them. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Majority Leader, the Congress and the Executive were capable of working together to produce a budget on which this nation could live. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | United Nations' inspections also revealed that Iraq likely maintains stockpiles of VX, mustard and other chemical agents, and that the regime is rebuilding and expanding facilities capable of producing chemical weapons. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Capable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.98% of the time. "Capable" is used about 4,939 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.98% | 4,938 | 1,987 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,939 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "capable": administering to children substances capable of causing injury ♦ be capable ♦ be capable of ♦ be capable of doing smth. ♦ be capable to do smth. ♦ believe smb. capable of ♦ capable of ♦ he is capable. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "capable": capable-as, capable-looking. | |
Ending with "capable": multiprocessing-capable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "capable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bekwaam (able). (various references) | |
Albanian | i zoti (able, accomplished, adroit, delicate, dexterous, dextrous, efficient, expert, fool, natty, neat, neat-handed, proficient, skilful, skillful), i aftë (able, adept, clever, competent, efficient, fit, proficient, scientific, skilful, skilled, skillful), aftë (able, accomplished, accomplishment, aptitude, disposition, gifted, talent, talented). (various references) | |
Arabic | كفوء (adequate, competent, efficient, match, qualified), مؤهل ل, مؤهل (able, competent, deserving, eligible, fit for, fitted for, qualified for, qualifier, suited for, worthy), قادر على, قابل ل (susceptible, susceptive), قدير (competent, mighty, potent, qualified), بارع (able, accomplished, adroit, artful, bright, brilliant, clever, crafty, cunning, dexterous, dextrous, educated, fancy, fiend, foxy, handsome, handy, ingenious, intelligent, masterful, masterly, neat, nice, pretty, skilful, skilled, skillful, smart, subtle, superior, sweet, very beautiful, witty, workmanlike, workmanly). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | способен (able, clever, efficient, fit, sciential, teachable, worthy), опитен (adept, consummate, empiric, empirical, experienced, experimental, expert, good, grey, laboratory, old, old hand, perfect, pilot, practised, proficient, ripe, scientific, skilful, skilled, skillful, sophisticated, thorough-paced, versed, veteran, whizbang), надарен (gifted, talented), поддаващ се (susceptible). (various references) | |
Chinese | 能力 (ability, able, capability), 能幹 (competent), 能 (able, can, energy, may), 行 (a row, all right, behavior, competent, conduct, OK, okay, profession, professional, temporary, to do, to go, to travel, to walk, will do), 有才幹 , ' (a stick, club or cudgel, smart, strong), 可胜任. (various references) | |
Czech | schopný (able, adroit, apt, competent, efficient, fit, sailorly, teachable, workable). (various references) | |
Danish | dygtig (able). (various references) | |
Dutch | kundig (able, ably), capabel (able), bekwaam (able, ably, adroit, clever, dexterous, proficient, skillful). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kapabla (able). (various references) | |
Farsi | مستعد (Apt, Prone, Susceptible), لایق (Able, Adequate, Competent, Worthy), قابل (Able, Apt, Good), توانا (Able, Authoritative, Mighty), صلاحیتدار, بااستعداد (Able, Brilliant, Clever). (various references) | |
Finnish | pystyvä (able, competent), pätevä (able, accomplished, competent, qualified, tenable, valid), kyvykäs (able), kykenevä (able, able capable, competent), kelvollinen (competent, fit, good, proper), hankintakykyinen (strong). (various references) | |
French | capable. (various references) | |
Frisian | kundich (able), betûft (able, accomplished, talented). (various references) | |
German | fähig (able, ably, competent, efficient, great, proficient), tüchtig (able, ably, big, brave, competent, efficient, efficiently, energetic, gallant, good and proper, hard, heartily, huge, of use, proficient, soundly, strenuous, strenuously, suitable, vigorous), imstande (able, capable of, capably). (various references) | |
Greek | ικανόσ (able, able bodied, apt, competent, efficient, fit, potent, shifty, skilful, sufficient), ικανός (able, competent, proficient, qualified, skilful), επιδεκτικόσ (susceptible, susceptible of, susceptive), άξιοσ (able, deserving, meritorious, worth, worthy). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | aftë (able, accomplished, accomplishment, aptitude, disposition, gifted, talent, talented). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוכשר (able, apt, competent, gifted, qualified, skilled, talented, up and coming), מסו'ל (able, adept, apt, qualified, suited), עלול (caused, liable, likely, may do, might), בעל יכולת, תון ל-. (various references) | |
Hungarian | képes (able, be able, cohesive, illustrated, susceptible), alkalmas (able, applicable, appropriate, apt, competent, congenial, convenient, eligible, expedient, feasible, fit, fitting, friendly, handy, of use, opportune, practical, qualified, right, suitable, susceptible, the ground plays well, timely). (various references) | |
Indonesian | arif (learned, wise). (various references) | |
Italian | capace (able, adept, capacious, clever, competent, efficient, large, of use, spacious, suitable), abile (able, adept, adroit, artful, clever, cunning, deft, dexterous, dextrous, efficient, expert, facile, fit, handy, knowing, masterful, masterly, proficient, skilful, skillful), idoneo (able, eligible, fit, of use, suitable), adatto (able, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, convenient, correct, due, fit, fitted, fitting, made, of use, proper, right, suitable, suited). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 有能 (able, efficient, skill), 有為 (able, perpetual change caused by karma, promising, talented, that which is made, vicissitudes of life). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ゆうのう (able, efficient, skill), ゆうい (able, ascendancy, magnificent, predominance, promising, significance, superiority, talented). (various references) | |
Korean | 가능한 (feasible, Possible). (various references) | |
Lombard | bon (able, good, nice, okay). (various references) | |
Malay | sanggup (able). (various references) | |
Manx | jargal (able), cummyssagh (potential), abyl (able-bodied, adroit, businesslike, powerful, slick, smart). (various references) | |
Norwegian | dyktig (able, clever, good). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apablecay.(various references) | |
Polish | zdolny (able). (various references) | |
Portuguese | capaz (able, adequate, cunning, efficient, forcible, habile, handy, of use, sufficient, suitable, useful, wieldy), hábil (able, adroit, artful, canny, cattish, circumspective, clever, cunning, deft, dexterous, diplomatic, knacky, light-handed, neat, neat-handed, practised, skilful, skilled, skillful). (various references) | |
Romanian | capabil (able, competent, efficient, fit, gifted, smart, useful). (various references) | |
Russian | способный (able, able to, adept, apt, brainy, clever, gifted). (various references) | |
Scottish | comasach, murrach (able). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | u stanju (able), sposoban (able, competent, fit), podoban (fit, suitable), kadar (cadre). (various references) | |
Spanish | capaz (able, capacious, competent, efficient, liable, proficient, roomy), hábil (able, accomplished, adroit, clever, cunning, deft, dexterous, experienced, expert, handy, light-handed, masterly, neat, neat-handed, nifty, practised, proficient, shrewd, skilful, skilled, skillful, slick). (various references) | |
Swahili | -enye akili (able), enye akili (able). (various references) | |
Swedish | kapabel, duglig (able, competent, efficient, qualified). (various references) | |
Thai | ที่สามารถทำไ"้, ที่ทำไ"้"ี. (various references) | |
Turkish | yetenekli (able, clever, competent, fit, gifted, handsome, inclined, intelligent, practised, promising, skilful, skilled, skillful, strong, talented), muktedír (able), kapasiteye sahip, kabiliyetli (gifted, highly gifted, intelligent, talented), etki altında kalabilen, ehliyetli (efficient, licensed), duyarlı (delicate, emotional, feeling, hypersensitive, impressible, impressionable, liable, reactive, responsive, sensible, sensitive, sentient, susceptible, susceptive, tender, thin-skinned), becerikli (adept, adroit, agile, clever, deft, designing, dexterous, dextrous, efficient, facile, gifted, handsome, ingenious, knowing, light-handed, neat, nimble-fingered, performing, practical, pushful, pushing, ready, resourceful, shifty, skilful, skilled, skillful, skilly, slick, smart, versatile, wise). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ukyply (talented), цkdelemek (be able to), gьязli (strong), baюarnykly (able). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | умілий (able, artful, clever, daedal, dedal, efficient, handicraft, industrious, neat, neat-handed, practised, proficient, skilful, skillful, workmanlike), що містить у собі (inclusive), що ма" місткість, тямущий (adept, alert, comprehensive, cute, dexterous, docile, intelligenced, smart, well-seen, wise), вправний (able, accomplished, adroit, artful, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, deft, good, handy, jemmy, neat, neat-handed, nifty, practised, proficient), обдарований (clever, endowed, gifted), здібний (apt, bright, clever, cunning), здатний (able, equal). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cả gan (cheeky, temerarious), có t i (ably, gifted, talented), có năng lực giỏi có thể, có khả năng (ably), dám. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | capax, conpetit, idoneus, potens, potente, potentem, potentes, potenti, potentia, potentibus, potentior, potentiore, potentis, potentissimam, potentissimi, potentissimis, potentissimo, potentissimus, potentium. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | capabilis, susceptibilis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "capable": capableness, capablenesses, capabler, capablest. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "capable": incapable, inescapable, unescapable. (additional references) | |
Words containing "capable": incapableness, incapablenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Capable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cabable, canable, capapble, capiable, capible, Capili, Cappiello, Cazale, Champaben, claspable, copable, copale, copiable, icapable, papable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "capable" (pronounced kā"pubul) |
| 7 | k ā" p u b u l | inescapable, incapable. |
| 5 | -p u b u l | culpable, developable, palpable, typeable, unflappable, unstoppable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-l-p" | |
-1 letter: palace. | |
-2 letters: apace, becap, cabal, cable, palea, place. | |
-3 letters: able, alae, alba, alec, baal, bale, blae, cape, clap, lace, leap, paca, pace, pale, peal, plea, pleb. | |
-4 letters: aal, aba, ace, ala, alb, ale, alp, ape, baa, bal, bap, bel, cab, cap, cel, cep, lab, lac, lap, lea, pac, pal, pea, pec. | |
-5 letters: aa, ab, ae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-l-p" | |
+1 letter: capabler, packable, placable. | |
+2 letters: backpedal, capablest, incapable, peaceable, peaceably, placeable. | |
+3 letters: acceptable, acceptably, alphabetic, applicable, backpedals, comparable, implacable, pacifiable, recappable. | |
+4 letters: appreciable, appreciably, backpedaled, backslapped, backslapper, capableness, clapboarded, compassable, impeachable, inescapable, inescapably, practicable, purchasable, replaceable, unescapable. | |
+5 letters: alphabetical, analphabetic, approachable, backpedaling, backpedalled, backslappers, backsplashes, bathypelagic, capabilities, displaceable, inapplicable, incomparable, paleobotanic, reproachable, unacceptable, unacceptably, uncapturable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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